The situation in Oceania seems to have slightly worsened between 1990 and 2004 (- 1%) mainly in rural areas wheras in towns and cities a small 1% increase can be noted (half a million more people served).

In terms of numbers, there are 2 million more people in 2004 than in 1990 who live in this region.

		Click to see a graph showing the sanitation coverage changes in rural and urban settings between 1990 and 2004.

From here, you may wish to find out what the situation is at country level. By selecting one of the countries in the pop up menu below you will open an Adobe Acrobat file which provides detailed information and graphs.

download pdf file of selected country ------------------- American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam [no data] Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Nauru [no data] New Caledonia [no data] Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn [no data] Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Islands [no data]

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